House Study Bill 178 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON KOESTER) A BILL FOR An Act concerning short-term testing and retesting for radon at 1 public school district attendance centers. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2569HC (2) 86 je/sc

H.F. _____ Section 1. NEW SECTION . 279.39A Radon testing. 1 1. For purposes of this section, “short-term test” means 2 a test approved by the department of public health in which a 3 testing device remains in an area for not less than two days 4 and not more than ninety days to determine the amount of radon 5 in the air that is acceptable for human inhalation. 6 2. The board of directors of each public school district 7 shall provide for short-term testing and retesting for radon 8 gas to be performed at each attendance center under its control 9 and following any new construction of an attendance center or 10 additions, renovations, or repairs to an attendance center. 11 3. a. The department of public health and the department 12 of education shall each adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to 13 jointly administer this section. 14 b. In consultation with appropriate stakeholders, the 15 department of public health shall adopt rules pursuant to 16 chapter 17A establishing standards for radon testing at 17 attendance centers. Such standards shall include but are not 18 limited to training requirements for persons to conduct such 19 testing and best practices for conducting such testing. 20 Sec. 2. Section 298.3, subsection 1, Code 2015, is amended 21 by adding the following new paragraph: 22 NEW PARAGRAPH . n. Radon testing pursuant to section 280.30. 23 Sec. 3. Section 423F.3, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 24 2015, is amended to read as follows: 25 a. If the board of directors adopts a resolution to use 26 funds received under the operation of this chapter solely for 27 providing property tax relief by reducing indebtedness from the 28 levies specified under section 298.2 or 298.18 , or for radon 29 testing pursuant to section 280.30, the board of directors may 30 approve a revenue purpose statement for that purpose without 31 submitting the revenue purpose statement to a vote of the 32 electors. 33 Sec. 4. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance 34 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 35 -1- LSB 2569HC (2) 86 je/sc 1/ 2

H.F. _____ compliance with any state mandate included in this Act may be 1 paid by a school district from a physical plant and equipment 2 levy under chapter 298, as amended by this Act, the secure 3 an advanced vision for education fund under chapter 423F, as 4 amended by this Act, or a modified supplemental amount under 5 section 257.31, subsection 6. This specification of the 6 payment of the state cost shall be deemed to meet all of the 7 state funding-related requirements of section 25B.2, subsection 8 3, and no additional state funding shall be necessary for the 9 full implementation of this Act by and enforcement of this Act 10 against all affected school districts. 11 EXPLANATION 12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 13 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 14 This bill requires the board of directors of each public 15 school district to provide for short-term testing and retesting 16 for radon gas at each attendance center under its control. 17 The rules relating to the testing are to be adopted by the 18 departments of education and public health. 19 The bill adds radon testing pursuant to the bill to the list 20 of permissible uses of a physical plant and equipment levy and 21 revenues from the secure an advanced vision for education fund 22 by a school district. 23 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 24 section 25B.3. The bill provides that the cost of any state 25 mandate included in the bill may be paid by a school district 26 from a physical plant and equipment levy under Code chapter 27 298, as amended by the bill, the secure an advanced vision for 28 education fund under Code chapter 423F, as amended by the bill, 29 or a modified supplemental amount under Code section 257.31, 30 subsection 6. The specification is deemed to constitute state 31 compliance with any state mandate funding-related requirements 32 of Code section 25B.2. The inclusion of this specification is 33 intended to reinstate the requirement of political subdivisions 34 to comply with any state mandates included in the bill. 35 -2- LSB 2569HC (2) 86 je/sc 2/ 2